At the age of seventeen, I started out in 1992 as a delivery driver for an independently owned pizzeria (New York Pizzeria). By the time I was eighteen, I was involved in managing that business. At nineteen I went back to school but continued working. I picked up a second job at the beach at a Pizzeria called Long Island Pizza. I left school in 1995 and began working at Michaelangelo’s Pizza & Subs in Jacksonville. In 1997 and was promoted to assistant manager in the new Michaelangelo’s located in Swansboro. From 1999 until 2007 I managed the Emerald Isle Michaelangelo’s. In 2008 I went to work for Lazzara’s Pizzeria where I managed three different locations during my five years there. In 2013 I opened my own Pizzeria. I’ve been in the pizza business since 1992 and I’ve never worked for a corporate pizza place. All my experience has been in independently owned New York style Pizzerias.